Sprunt (?), v. i. [Cf. Sprout, v. i.]
To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward.
[Obs.]
To sprunt up, to draw one's self up suddenly, as in anger or defiance; to bristle up. [Local, U.S.]
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Sprunt, n.
1.
Anything short and stiff.
[Obs.]
2.
A leap; a spring.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
3.
A steep ascent in a road.
[Prov. Eng.]
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Sprunt, a.
Active; lively; vigorous.
[Obs.]
Kersey.
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